Topic
Jahaziel
8 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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- 1 Chronicles 12:4Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. A disaffected Israelite who joined David at Ziklag
And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,
- 1 Chronicles 16:6Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A priest
Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
- 1 Chronicles 23:19Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. Son of Hebron
Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
- 1 Chronicles 24:23Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. Son of Hebron
And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
- 2 Chronicles 20:14Smith · ISBE · Nave 4. A Levite and a prophet
¶ Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
- Ezra 8:5Smith · ISBE · Nave 5. A chief, or the father of a chief, among the exiles, who returned from Babylon
Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
- 2 Chronicles 20:14–17Easton
¶ Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of…
- 1 Esdras 8:32ISBE
Of the sons of Zathoe, Sechenias the son of Jezelus, and with him three hundred men: of the sons of Adin, Obeth the son of Jonathan, and with him two hundred and fifty men:
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 4 references
Beheld by God. (1.) The third son of Hebron (1 Chr. 23:19).
(2.) A Benjamite chief who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:4).
(3.) A priest who accompanied the removal of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 16:6).
(4.) The son of Zechariah, a Levite of the family of Asaph (2 Chr. 20:14-17). He encouraged Jehoshaphat against the Moabites and Ammonites.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 6 references
- One of the heroes of Benjamin who joined David at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles 12:4) (B.C. 1055.)
- A priest in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 16:6)
- A Kohathite Levite, third son of Hebron. (1 Chronicles 23:19; 24:23)
- Son of Zechariah, a Levite of the Bene-Asaph in the reign of Jehoshaphat. (2 Chronicles 20:14) (B.C. 896.)
- The "son of Jahaziel" was the chief of the Bene-Shecaniah who returned from Babylon with Ezra. (Ezra 8:5) (B.C. before 459.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 7 references
ja-ha'-zi-el (yachazi'el, "God sees"):
(1) In 1Ch 12:4 (Hebrew 5), one of David's recruits at Ziklag, a Benjamite or maybe a Judean.
(2) In 1Ch 16:6, one of two priests appointed by David to sound trumpets before the ark on its journey to Jerusalem. The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus, read "Uzziel."
(3) In 1Ch 23:19; 24:23, a Levite, "son" of Hebron, a Kohathite. Kittel, following the Septuagint, reads "Uzziel."
(4) In 2Ch 20:14, an Asaphite, son of Zechariah. He encouraged King Jehoshaphat of Judah and his subjects to fight against the Moabite and Ammonite invaders.
(5) In Ezr 8:5, an ancestor of one of the families of the Restoration. Read probably "of the sons of Zattu, Sheconiah the son of Jahaziel," following 1 Esdras 8:32 (= Jezelus).
David Francis Roberts
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 6 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.